Where does “exchangeth” come from?
exchangeth (English) comes from English exchange, from Middle English eschaungen, from Anglo-Norman eschaungier, from Old French eschanger, from Vulgar Latin excambiare, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.
exchangeth (English): Third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- Third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “exchangeth”, step by step
exchangeth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English exchange
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exchange | An act of exchanging or trading; A place for... |
| 2 | Middle English | eschaungen | To exchange or swap |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | eschaungier | — |
| 4 | Old French | eschanger | Alternative form of eschangier |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | excambiare | present active infinitive of *excambiō;... |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
via English eth
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eth | A letter introduced into Old English to... |